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Nevada (1944 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Nevada
| image = File:American Movie Weekly 43 3APR1951.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical poster without Mitchum's name
| director = Edward Killy
| producer =
| writer = Zane Grey (novel)
Norman Houston
| narrator =
| starring = Robert Mitchum
Anne Jeffreys
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Richard Martin
| music = Paul Sawtell
Dave Dreyer (uncredited)
Roy Webb (uncredited)
| cinematography = Harry J. Wild
| editing =Roland Gross
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'Nevada' is a 1944 Western film based on a Zane Grey novel and starring a 27-year-old Robert Mitchum, with Anne Jeffreys, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Richard Martin in supporting roles. The film was written by Norman Houston from Grey's popular novel and directed by Edward Killy. Mitchum is billed with "Introducing Bob Mitchum as Jim Lacy" at the film's beginning. Although this was not Mitchum's first movie, it was his first lead role; he had previously played mainly villains.
Richard Martin also played sidekick "Chito Rafferty" in thirty other western movies, most of which starred screen cowboy Tim Holt, who had joined the service during World War II when 'Nevada' was produced. Martin played this same character set in different times, both contemporary and the Old West.
This version is a remake of the 1927 silent film 'Nevada' starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. This is the only time that Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum played the same role in two different films.
The following year, Mitchum again played the lead in another Zane Grey movie with the same writer and director titled 'West of the Pecos' also featuring Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty.
Cast
* Robert Mitchum as Nevada Lacy (billed as "Bob Mitchum")
* Anne Jeffreys as Julie Dexter
* Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Dusty
* Nancy Gates as Hattie Ide
* Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty
* Craig Reynolds as Cash Burridge
References
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